Plastic flows of granular materials of shear index \(n\). II: Plane and axially symmetric problems for \(n=2\) (Q1204810)

In Part I [see the foregoing entry] the general three-dimensional yield function is formulated in terms of principal stresses for the so-called Warren Spring equation \((\tau/c)^ n=1-(\sigma/t)\) which for a granular material at yield, relates the shear component of stress \(\tau\) with the normal component \(\sigma\) (assumed positive in tension) where \(c\), \(t\) and \(n\) are various positive constants such that \(1\leq n\leq 2\). For \(n>1\) the yield function for \(n=2\) turns out to be the simplest and in Part II simple plane and axially symmetric flows are examined for this special case. For both plane and axially symmetric flows the basic governing equations are formulated and a number of special solutions are attempted which are subsequently solved numerically using a modified Euler scheme and a number of the solutions presented are illustrated graphically.